What is this giant shrimp? (Ans: Atyopsis gabonensis)

[alex76]

Hihi,

Saw this at Sera Center.... anyone know their name? Is it easy to take care? what does it eat?

thanks for info

[budak]

doesn't look at all like yabby to me. probably a relative of this: http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_atyopsis.php or http://www.petshrimp.com/africanfiltershrimp.html

[benny]

Yup. It's the Atyopsis gabonensis or more commonly known as Cameron Armoured Shrimp. They are filter feeders, hence not agressive towards other aquarium fauna.

Cheers,

[alex76]

Thanks all!

[darrenimo]

how do you feed a filter feeder?

[benny]

You can try feeding with Liquid Fry or daphnia. Alternatively, you can just pound your Tetrabit to very fine power. They all works.

Cheers,

[Neon Shrimp]

Nice pictures, thank you for sharing